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"When the weather fluctuates, water and asphalt just don't get along too well, so sometimes they create those holes in the street," said Adrienne Barnes, of Baltimore City's Department of Transportation.

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January to March is always the worst time for potholes. The mechanics at Tim's Automotive in Parkville know that all too well. This time of year they get a lot of cars in for damage caused by hitting a pothole.

"There's a lot of damage like front-end pieces hit so hard it bent the strut, a lot of tires are split, bubbles in the side of the tires. It takes the front-end alignment that you have, the four-wheel alignments and knocks them out," said Tim Bonner, owner of Tim's Automotive.

Bonner estimates most of those repairs will cost an average of $1,000. Even if your car doesn't suffer immediate catastrophic damage, driving over potholes repeatedly could lead to other problems in the future.

"If you're riding in an area (with) a lot of potholes, you hit them every day, you should get your car checked out just to make sure everything's fine," Bonner said.

Crews weren't out Thursday because of the weather, but normally the city transportation department has extra crews out filling the holes.

"We fill over 3,000 holes a month. That's how frequent they are, but again, we don't see every one, so we do ask that residents and motorists that do travel, please call us," Barnes said.